Super Gene Hunting Ground

”What, working 14 hours a day?”

Gong Yu and the others were astonished after hearing the command.

The overseer, once bribed by Yang Xiao, reluctantly said:

”Fellows, I really don’t want things to be this way, and I don’t know what happened up top. I heard that this command came directly from City Lord Long Yue. Captain Zhao just spoke a word of justice for you all and received a slap from City Lord Long Yue. As subordinates, we are just carrying out orders, alas, please don’t make this difficult for me!”

Gong Yu and the rest knew that as fish on the cutting board, they had no choice but to comply.

”In that case, could we possibly have an extra meal? It would help replenish some energy.”

”Ah, my brothers, I don’t even know how to break this to you, but City Lord Long Yue has also commanded a reduction in your food supply and decreased the quality of the food.”

”What? Doesn’t that clearly mean he wants us dead?”

Xia Luo said.

”Damn it, who have we offended? We’ve all cooperated and worked hard at mining, why suddenly treat us like this?”

Long Yongjun and the others also started complaining.

The overseer reluctantly said:

”I’ve discussed this privately with Station Master Niu Gao, and we will secretly toss you one or two hunted wild beasts at midnight, pretending they are wild beasts that you yourself have killed when they intruded. That’s all we can do.”

Gong Yu nodded and said:

”Thank you, brother. We will cooperate with your work and not cause you trouble.”

...

Yang Xiao has broken through the King Level advanced genes and completed the Body Refinement, Bone Forging, and Yijin stages of the Genetic Transformation Technique. Now, only Marrow Cleansing remains.

Yang Xiao found Gu Lei from the Genetic Store.

”Brother Gu, I want to purchase the Marrow Cleansing technique.”

Gu Lei smiled and said,

”The Marrow Cleansing technique cannot be purchased.”

”Huh?”

”There’s only one way to acquire the Marrow Cleansing technique.”

”What way?”

”Join the Great Dragon Empire’s Imperial Gold Shield Guard.”

”What do you mean?”

”The Marrow Cleansing technique has always been controlled by the Great Dragon Empire Palace and is not easily taught to outsiders. Only those who swear loyalty and join the Imperial Guard are eligible to receive the Marrow Cleansing technique.”

Yang Xiao was stunned.

”Is that really necessary? The Snow Leopard Empire, the Youming Empire, and even the higher-ups of your Genetic Store, do they also need to join the Imperial Gold Shield Guard of the Great Dragon Empire?”

”Heh, not necessarily. In fact, different empires and organizations have their own secret ways to break through the bottlenecks of Genetic Evolution, and for the Great Dragon Empire, that secret is to cultivate the Genetic Transformation Technique. To cultivate those faithful to themselves and to prevent enemies from stealing their secrets, only those who have passed a strict audit and joined the Imperial Guard are qualified to learn the Marrow Cleansing technique. Currently, neither the Jino City Lord nor City Lord Long Yue are qualified to learn the Marrow Cleansing technique.”

Yang Xiao was shocked.

”Even Jino City Lord is not eligible?”

”To be precise, Jino City Lord’s Innate Genetic Quality is not exceptional enough that even if he cultivated Marrow Cleansing, he wouldn’t be able to break through to Emperor Level, so, he was not absorbed into the Imperial Gold Shield Guard.”

”Brother Gu, I’d like to ask, is it very difficult to break through Genetic Evolution up to the Emperor Level?”

”Heh, what do you think? Within the entire Great Dragon Empire, only a very select few can break through to Emperor Level. Once someone breaks through to Emperor Level, they possess the superpowers of summoning wind and rain, and overturning seas and mountains. They can carve out territories and establish their own empire.”

”Please tell me, how can I join the Imperial Gold Shield Guard of the Great Dragon Empire?”

”You? Haha...”

”What’s so funny, Brother Gu?”

”Brother Yang, I suggest you not entertain the thought of joining the Imperial Gold Shield Guard.”

”Why?”

”No foreign immigrants have ever been able to join the Imperial Gold Shield Guard, only citizens of the Empire who possess absolute loyalty and are recognized by the people of the Great Dragon Empire Palace can be inducted into the Imperial Gold Shield Guard and taught the Marrow Cleansing Technique.”

”Without practicing Marrow Cleansing, is it impossible to break through to Emperor Level?”

”If you have sufficient resources and inherently good genetic conditions, it’s still possible to reach the peak of Emperor Level advanced. However, if you want to break through to Emperor Level, I guess that’s difficult. At least I have never seen a successful example before.

The reason why the Wildman King can’t break through to Emperor Level is that he hasn’t practiced Marrow Cleansing. If he had the chance to practice Marrow Cleansing, I believe the Wildman King could break through, too.

But think about it, how many Wildmen have been killed by people from the Witch Star on the Purple Origin Star? If we help a Wildman break through to Emperor Level, wouldn’t that be digging our own grave?”

Yang Xiao walked out of the Genetic Store feeling somewhat disheartened.

If he couldn’t break through to Emperor Level, Yang Xiao would have no power to contend against a mighty opponent like the Great Dragon Empire.

Whether he wanted to change his own destiny, the destiny of Wildmen, or the destiny of Earth, he had to break through to Emperor Level, otherwise, even if he reached the Advanced Peak of Emperor Level with his powerful Beast Soul, he would ultimately be no match for those super-powerful beings.

Yang Xiao returned to Wildman Valley and came to the Wildman King’s cabin.

Seeing the look of dejection on Yang Xiao’s face, the Wildman King smiled and said:

”You should be happy about breaking through to the advanced King Level genetic, why do you look like you have something on your mind?”

”Grandfather, I wanted to ask, in our Wildmen’s history, has anyone ever had their genetic evolution break through to Emperor Level?”

”Emperor Level?”

The Wildman King glanced at Yang Xiao, as if recalling something.

After a moment, the Wildman King sighed and said:

”In our Wildman history, I’ve never heard of any ancestors who managed to break through to Emperor Level.”

”What about you? Do you think you can break through to Emperor Level in your lifetime?”

”Me?”

The Wildman King fell silent for a moment before shaking his head.

”We now have a wealth of resources, can’t they help you break through?”

Yang Xiao was somewhat unwilling to accept this.

The Wildman King chuckled:

”Decades ago, my genetic evolution reached a standstill, no matter how much blood and flesh of Mutated Demon Beasts I consume, it can no longer enhance my Genetic Evolution Ability.

I’ve also tried the current Genetic Potion, no matter the quantity, it’s of no use.

Everyone’s genetic evolution has an innate bottleneck, once you hit this bottleneck, it becomes very difficult to improve further, just like your height. From your childhood to adulthood, your height is predetermined, and no matter how much meat you eat, you can’t grow taller.”

”Have you heard of the Genetic Transformation Technique?”

”I’ve heard of it, the people from the Witch Star have their unique pathways in genetic evolution, but even so, it’s very hard to casually break through the limits of genetic evolution.

You’ve just broken through to King Level advanced, there is still a lot of room for improvement, you haven’t reached the limit of genetic evolution, have you?”

Yang Xiao nodded,

”But according to the rules of the Great Dragon Empire, I can’t join the Imperial Gold Shield Guard nor can I practice the Marrow Cleansing Technique. Even if I break through to Emperor Level, I can’t break through to Emperor Level.

If I can’t break through to Emperor Level, then I can’t completely change our destiny.”

The Wildman King fell silent for a moment,

”Isn’t it good as it is now? Our Wildmen tribe as a whole still has room to further strengthen our power.”

”But no matter how much we improve, even if we unite all the Wildmen on Purple Origin Star, we still can’t ultimately stand against the people from Witch Star.”

The Wildman King hesitated for a moment, looking at Yang Xiao,

”In our Wildmen tribe, there is a mysterious prophecy that through a certain Secret Technique, one can alter their own genetic structure.”

”Hm?”

Yang Xiao’s eyes lit up.

”Hehe, don’t get excited just yet, this is only a legend, I’ve searched for many years to no avail, otherwise, I wouldn’t still be stuck without breaking through.”

”Then what’s the point of mentioning this legend, isn’t that nonsense?”

”You impertinent kid, show some respect to the elderly... Hm, recently, I accidentally discussed this legend with Wind Eagle, Shan Feng, Tai Qi, and others. They said that once, a Wildman found evidence of our tribe’s legend in an ancient cave.”